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Shape of Caring Review Report (HEE / NMC / BBC News)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Education England (HEE) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have published the Shape of Caring Review “Raising the Bar” report, which makes 34 recommendations (grouped into 8 themes) concerning education and training for registered nurses and care … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Bridging Programmes for Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Bridging Programmes: Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Camilla Cavendish, Care Assistant Mentors, Care Assistants: Education and Training, Career Pathways for HCAs, Cavendish Review, Co-Production, Compassionate Care, Continuing Learning and Development, Delivering Safe and Compassionate Care, Dementia Care, East Midlands, East of England, Education and Training, Education and Training of Registered Nurses and Care Assistants, Education and Training Progression, Education Journey: Care Assistants and Nurses, Embedding Co-Production, Engagement and Co-Production, Engagement and Support (HCAs), Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Flexibility, Future Care Workforce, Future Workforce, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, HCAs: Allegations of HCA Misuse to Plug Gaps in Nursing Workforce, Health Education England (HEE), Healthcare Development, HEE: Health Education England, Improving Flexibility of Care, Innovation, Inside Out in the East TV Programme (BBC One), Leadership for Compassionate Care, Learning and Development for Social Care Workers Supporting People with Dementia, London and South West, Lord Willis: Independent Chair of Shape of Caring Review, Mentorship, NHS Workforce, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Education, Nursing Workforce, Nursing Workforce Statistics, Ongoing Learning and Development, Patient Voice, Professional Supervision of HCAs, Professional Supervision of HCAs (Inadequate), Raising the Bar: Shape of Caring Review Report, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Registered Nurses: Education and Training, Research, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safe Compassionate Care for Frail Older People, Shape of Caring Review “Raising the Bar” Report, Shape of Caring Review Report (2015), Supervising and Leading HCAs, Surrey University: Understanding Dementia, Undergraduate Nursing Education, University of Nottingham: Care Assistant Mentors, Valuing Care and Care Workers, Valuing Care Assistants, West Midlands, Workforce Capacity and Capability, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning, Workforce Training | Leave a comment

Dementia Today and Tomorrow (Deloitte / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report, from the Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Society, summarises the emerging consensus and outcomes developed from a series of events and initiatives which aimed to collect the views of people interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, Access and Equity For Care Home Residents to Local NHS Services, Access to Care, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions to Nursing Care, Admissions to Residential Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population Carer Support, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alzheimer’s Society Carers Café’s, Amanda Scott: Managing Director of Sunrise Senior Living, Anne-Marie Hamilton: Strategic Programmes at Public 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Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | 1 Comment

Review of the NHS in 2013: a Year of Landmark Reports and Reforms (BBC News)

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This BBC News article provides a handy recap of the important changes announced for the NHS during this year, as marked by a succession of ground-breaking reports: February 2013: The Francis Inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal. The government commissioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Seven Days a Week, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive Foundation Trust Network, Complaints, Complaints Handling, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Mark Porter: Chair of Council BMA, Dr Maureen Baker: Chair Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary Royal College of Nursing, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Keogh Mortality Review, Liam Fox, Major Emergency Centres, Matt Tee: COO NHS Confederation, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, NHS Complaints Process, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Hospital Complaints, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Services, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Spending, Patient Complaints, Patient Safety, Phil Gray: Chief Executive Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Professor Cathy Warwick: Chief Executive Royal College of Midwives, Professor Don Berwick, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Sue Bailey: Former President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Protection of NHS Spending, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Richard Thompson: President Royal College of Physicians, Seven Day Services, Sir Bruce Keogh (Former Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board; now NHS England), Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services | Leave a comment

Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants: Certificate of Fundamental Care (BBC News)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Cavendish Review to ensure vulnerable patients are treated with dignity says healthcare assistants (HCAs) should need to comply with a universal training system and gain accreditation before they are allowed work unsupervised. This review was carried out after the Francis Inquiry to offer recommendations … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 12-Hour Shifts (HCAs), Acute Hospital Care, Allowing HCAs to Use Title “Nursing Assistant", Appraisals, Apprenticeships, Axiological Inventory (Philosophical Study of Values), “Higher Certificate of Fundamental Care, Barchester Healthcare: Higher-Level Apprenticeship, BBC Health News, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s Band 3 Healthcare (Nursing) Support Worker Programme, Board Level Responsibility for the Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Bridging Programmes for Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Bridging Programmes: Progression of HCAs and Support Workers into Nursing Programmes, Bureaucracy, Camilla Cavendish, Capitated and Outcome-Based Incentivised Contracts (COBICS), 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